Ecclesiastes 3:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work thatGod doeth. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:11 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:11 Mean?
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